$ du -h debian_10_Server.qcow2įrom here, you can import the qcow2 KVM image format either on command-line or using the KVM graphical window and create a new KVM virtual machine. Again, verify this using the du command as shown below. The qcow2 disk image is just a minute fraction of the RAW disk image. $ qemu-img convert -f raw debian_10_Server.img -O qcow2 debian_10_Server.qcow2 Lastly, to migrate to KVM disk image format, convert the RAW image to qcow2 format which is the KVM disk image format. I then created a new Virtual Machine, said it was Linux and Ubuntu 64-bit, and pointed the storage to the vdi image I created in the previous step. Check RAW Image Disk Space Step 3: Convert RAW Image Disk Format to KVM Format We are later going to convert the RAW disk image to KVM disk format. In my case, the Debian RAW image takes up 21G of hard disk space, which is quite some enormous space. You can use the du command as shown to verify the size of the RAW image.
As a token of gratitude for the LOVE you have shown to this site, you can now download VirtualBox or VMware images at HIGHEST SPEED via EXCLUSIVE CDN. Hello Patrons Thank you for supporting LinuxVMImages.COM. When you investigate, you will notice that the RAW image format takes up an enormous amount of disk space. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux VM Images for VirtualBox and VMware VM Image Published: 21 Apr, 2021. $ vboxmanage clonehd -format RAW /home/james/VirtualBox\ VMs/debian/debian.vdi debian_10_Server.img
$ VBoxManage clonehd -format RAW /home/james/VirtualBox\ VMs/debian/debian.vdi debian_10_Server.img To achieve this, I’m going to run the commands below.
The next step is to convert the VDI images into a RAW disk format.